We don’t usually think of what we eat as a matter of morality – that our decisions about food might be morally right or morally reprehensible. Stealing, lying, hurting people – these acts are clearly related to our moral character. But Eating – that essential part of life in which everyone participates?
Yet today organic foods are the fastest growing section of the food industry, and it is estimated that vegans are now almost as common as vegetarians. Veal consumption in the US has fallen by more than 75% since 1975, and in value. Evidently we are concerned.